September 1, 2008

More surgical infections on no-pay list

By: OR Manager
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Three more preventable conditions have been added to the list of those Medicare will no longer pay extra for in hospitals in fiscal year 2009, which starts Oct 1, 2008. Medicare also added 13 quality measures for a total of 42 that will need to be reported for a full payment update in 2010.

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